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Penn profs explore Gilded Age estate
It seems like a natural: Two Penn professors— an award winning architecture critic and a renowned landscape architect—teaming up to write a book together. It came about purely by chance, though, that Witold Rybczynski, the Martin & Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism and professor of real estate (pictured at right, with book), and Laurie Olin (at left), practice professor of Landscape Architecture, came to work on “Vizcaya: An American Villa and its Makers.” The book, which explores the story of Vizcaya, a Gilded Age estate on Biscayne Bay, was recently published by Penn Press.
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Schooling the teachers
Taken in 1928, this photograph shows a typical scene at Miss Illman’s Training School for Kindergarten-Primary Teachers. The demonstration school—then located at 4000 Pine Street—awarded certificates to teachers upon completion of a two to three-year program. In 1932, Illman-Carter entered into a special relationship with Penn’s Graduate School of Education, where University faculty taught English, psychology and general education philosophy and methods at the school. In 1936, the school officially became part of Penn under the name Illman-Carter Unit for Kindergarten-Primary Teachers.
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Student profile: Katie Liberman
NAME: Katie Liberman CLASS: Senior MAJOR: Theatre Arts and English
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Great gardens
WHAT: “Great Gardens of the Philadelphia Region,” a new exhibit at Penn’s Morris Arboretum featuring the work of Ambler-based garden photographer Rob Cardillo. WHERE: The Morris Arboretum is located at 100 Northwestern Avenue in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill section. The exhibit is on display in the Upper Gallery of the Widener Visitor Center.
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Wharton at Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival each year attracts scores of filmmakers and actors, musicians and tastemakers, entertainment journalists and studio execs to Park City, Utah for one of the world’s most famous weeklong parties. This year Sundance also attracted a less typical festival guest: The Wharton School.
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Targeting crime
Researchers who work in at-risk communities too often focus on the deficits in those neighborhoods, and spend too little time identifying important community resources and strengths. So says Duane E. Thomas, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education, and an expert in youth violence prevention, who works to identify early risk factors for aggressive or violent behavior in kids.
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2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies Being Held in Montgomery County in February
PHILADELPHIA -- The complex historical relationship between Jews and Muslims is explored as the 2007 Penn Lectures in Judaic Studies throughout February at synagogues across Montgomery County, Pa. The series of free, public lectures are presented by prominent Judaic studies scholars who are fellows at the Center. * Miriam Goldstein of Hebrew University will discuss "An Arabesque Scripture: How Islam Changed the Way We Look at the Bible" Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Main Line Reform Temple, 410 Montgomery Ave. in Wynnewood.
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Philippe Bourgois Named Newest PIK Professor at Penn
PHILADELPHIA -- Philippe Bourgois, a world renowned medical anthropologist from the University of California, San Francisco, has been named the fifth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Moody's Upgrades University of Pennsylvania's Debt Rating, Citing Growth in Financial Reserves
PHILADELPHIA -- Moody's Investor Services has upgraded the University of Pennsylvania's long-term debt rating to Aa2, from Aa3. Moody's removed Penn's rating from a watchlist for potential upgrades and said the rating outlook is stable.This rating upgrade to Aa2 restores the University to its highest rating level, last achieved in 1998.
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FBI Deputy Director John Pistole to Discuss Terrorism Prevention During Criminology Day at Penn
WHO: John Pistole, FBI deputy director Richard Berk, Penn professor of criminology and statisticsLawrence Sherman, Penn Criminology Department chairLaurie Robinson, director of the criminology M.S. program at PennWHAT: Criminology Day at the University of Pennsylvania WHERE:Huntsman Hall, Room 370, 3730 Walnut St., PhiladelphiaWHEN:Friday, Jan. 26, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.